Recoil register



A ril 20, 1926.

I 1,581,196 G.G;GOCKE REC/OIL REGI STER Filed March 5, 1925 Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES GUSTAV G. GOCKE, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

REGOIL REGISTER.

Application filed March 3, 1925. Serial No. 12,962.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV G. Goons, citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Recoil Registers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for registering recoils, as for instance, those caused by shots fired from a gun, it being understood that this invention may be applied to any form of mechanism having a recoil, and to which a recoil register may be adapted.

In the drawings,

Figs. 1 and 2 disclose an exterior view of this invention as assembled within an ordi nary gun stock, showing the housing for the set back device or screw, and the general arrangement in relation to the gun stock of the counter readings.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the container taken lengthwise, disclosing the recoil register in assembled form within the container.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the recoil register taken at lines 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Numeral 1 designates the container suitably designed to properly house the mechanism of the recoil register, the said container in general being formed in the shape of a channel with sides and an open top, and having at one end a depending section 2 adapted to be attached to a gunstock or other mechanism, and at the other end a hooded portion 3 having an upper edge 4.

At a suitable distance from the rear end 5 of the container 1, is positioned a counter 6 for mechanically registering the recoils of the gun, or in other words, registering the number of shots fired. An actuating means consisting of a spring 7 suitably connected to the sides of the container by means of screws 8 is pivoted at 9 to an actuating lever 10, adapted to act in ratchet relationship with the counter 6, and functions to register one unit of the counter at every recoil or shot fired.

A second actuating lever 11 is pivoted at one end to the lever 10 as at 12, and linked at the other end 13 to a second counter 14, which may be termed the totalizing counter. The upper forward portion of the counter 14 is extended to form a section 15 adapted to be positioned underneath the edge 4 of 14, whenever the actuating levers 10 and.

11 are in operation at the recoil of the gun, the .said rocking motion of the totalizer counter 14 is adapted to cause one end 27 of the crank arm 17 to slide in the shoulder guides 18, which are integrally formed with one side of the container 1, while the opposite end of the crank arm 17 being pivoted to counter spindle 28, will operate to register one unit in the counter 14 at the recoil or rocking motion of said counter.

A suitably formed portion 19 of the actuating spring 7 is bent around screw 8 in such a manner as to engage the swinging lug 20, pivoted by means of pin 24, the portion 19 of the actuating spring 7 being, furthermore, adjusted in sliding relation with the detent spring 21, thereby causing the friction pawl 22, which is pivoted at 23, to be released from holding relation with counter 6 on every registered recoil.

In Figs. 1 and 2 a typical arrangement of this device is shown as related to an ordinary gun stock, where A designates the gun stock section, B the end cover of the stock, 0, D and E the plate and glass protection to the counters, while the numeral 25 represents the thumb screw attached to the counter shaft or spindle 29 of the counter 6. The thumb screw 25 may be conveniently housed in receptacle 26 as clearly disclosed in the gun stock A of Fig. 1. By merely turning the thumb screw, it is readily apparent that counter 6 may be turned back to zero at any time, without affecting the totalizing counter 14 in any degree.

In operation, the recoil of the gun, or other similar agent, will actuate the levers 10 and 11, through the actuating spring 7, thereby causing the counters 6 and 14 to register. This action is greatly facilitated by the novel arrangement of counter 14 within the container 1, the recoil having the effect of throwing the said counter out of balance on its pin 16, and at the same time adding the weight of this overbalance to the force or power tending to actuate the levers 10 and 11. In addition to iving a positive motion to the levers 10 and 11, the rocking effect will cause counter 14 to register through the sliding motion of crank arm 17 at 27 in guides 18. Obviously, counter 6 may be set back at any time Without disturbing the total readings on counter 14;, by merely turning the thumb screw 25. This is accomplished by the novel construction of counters and set-back device assembled within one container, whereby a recoil will register both counters while the set-back Will effect but one.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a receptacle subject to recoil, of a recoil register comprising a container, a counter positioned within the container, a totalizcr linked to the counter, and means for transmitting a rocking motion to the totalizer.

2. A recoil register comprising a cona J J I J tamer, an actuatlng lever posltioned W1th1n said container, a counter linked to said lever, and means for transmitting a rocking motion to said counter, the said means consisting of shoulder portions integral with the container, a counter trip-pin slidably engaged with said shoulder portions, a guide flange integral with the counter and a pin adapted to pivotally engage said counter with the container.

3. A recoil register comprising a container, an actuating lever positioned within the container, a counter linked to said lever, and means for transmitting a rocking motion to said counter.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GUSTAV G. GO'GKE. 

